2006-08-21 01:39:23 · 40 answers · asked by sweetcheeksnq 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
It depends. Various kinds of chemical imbalances can result in paranoia, excess cortisol probably being the most likely candidate.
Paranoia can also be a reasonable response tho, for instance people returning from war zones are often paranoid, but in their case it's a rational response because they've learned through prior experience that such threats are real.
There's probably such a thing as paranoia with an exclusively physiological origin, and such a thing as paranoia with an exclusively social origin - but I'd be willing to bet that in the vast majority of cases it's a combination of the two.
2006-08-21 01:46:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm only paranoid because of all the people that are out to get me.
2006-08-21 01:53:00 · answer #2 · answered by felix_doc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paranoid. I am not paranoid. Who said I paranoid. I bet it was the the IRS they are out to get me you know. Or it could have been the FBI they are spying on me I'm sure of it
2006-08-21 01:56:15 · answer #3 · answered by stephen c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mental instability. I worked at a Mental Health home and one woman was completely paranoid. She thought people were always out to "Hurt her body" and other things.
So past traumatic experiences, severe or not, causes it. I think so at least in my personal experiences!
2006-08-21 01:45:10 · answer #4 · answered by Miz_Kassandra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well.... Past experiences that you are still tramatized by. I was abused by my father for many long years and that is the reason I am paranoid
2006-08-21 01:48:36 · answer #5 · answered by Broken_Inside 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cannabis Psychosis.
2006-08-21 01:45:55 · answer #6 · answered by andylefty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not paranoid, who told you that?
My ex husband really does want me dead.
Truthfully.
2006-08-22 07:46:09 · answer #7 · answered by Amanda K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its our fears, anxieties and basically what we are thinking that makes us paranoid
2006-08-21 02:54:02 · answer #8 · answered by spiky pike 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush has done a pretty good job with his constant ranting about "terrrr" and "terrrists." People have actually stockpiled plastic wrap and duct tape because of this guy.
2006-08-21 01:47:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are a lot of things make people become so paranoid.firstly theis past experience,secondly their attitude, thirdly people around them and lastly their environment where they live. Most of the case it happens because their owns ambition that too much.they force theirselves to get the ambitions.
2006-08-21 01:48:52 · answer #10 · answered by muhammad iqbal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋